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Labor Party Votes Down
Japs Leave Yonabaru
U., S. Fleet Girds For
Attack On Japan.
Guam, May 21. (U.R) Ma
lines and army infantrymen
on Okinawa battled to com
plete the encirclement of
Shuri today in a drive that
threatened lo trap the main
strength of the Japanese garri
son in a one-square-mile area.
Strong tenth army patrols
entered Yonabaru, east coast
port and anchor base for the
sagging Japanese line bisect
ing southern Okinawa, front
reports disclosed.
'Guam, May 21 (U.R) The
10th army on Okinawa sent
strong patrols into Yonabaru on
the east coast today while ma
rines used flaming oil to drive
Japanese defenders irom ior
midable fortifications guarding
the virtually encircled strong
hold town of Shuri, front dis
paches reported.
Tho nnmel fJaDanese) news
agency said an American fleet
again was "on the prowl" on
southern Japan. It appeared to
be approaching Kyushu for new
attacks on the Japanese home
land. Close-range fighting of unsur
passed intensity in the Pacific
war raged among the ridges and
caves outside Shuri and Yona
baru. Army patrols, dispatched by
Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge of the
24th corps, penetrated Yonabaru
and found but few Japanese.
The enemy apparently has bean
moving out of the town during
daylight hours when American
artillery spotters are overhead.
The first marine division one
of the three enveloping Shuri
blazed a fiery path toward the
ancient stronghold which the
Japanese were defending with
door-die desperation.
Front dispatches said leather
necks poured fuel into coral
caves and hill-side fortifications,
igniting it with exploding gren
ades. Sheets of flame shot sky
ward, casting a pinkish glow on
Shuri, directly ahead, and kill
ing or routing the defenders.
Anti-tank gunners used their big
weapons like rifles, firing them
point-blank at slits in coral pill
boxes. '
Savage ground fighting prog
ressed under cover of the heavi
est land, sea and air bombard
ment of the Pacific war. It ap
peared the heaviest ground as
sault was being directed at
Shuri. Except for patrols, the
96th division has not yet en
tered Yonabaru In strength.
Final attacks against Naha, rubble-heaped
west coast port and
capital of Okinawa, apparently
were being held up pending com
pletion of the Shuri campaign.
WAR DOGS BUSY
Naha, Okinawa, May 21
(U.R) The Marines brought their
dogs in today to rat out Japa
nese snipers.
Two long files of dobcrman
pinschers and German shepherd
police dogs marched along op
posite sides of the road on the
long slope leading to the north
bank of the Asato river.
Each dog moved intently in
military fashion directly ahead
of his marine trainer who held a
twelve-foot leash. The dogs will
be used to scent snipers in caves,
ruins, and rubble after the 6th
corps marines push across the
Asato into Naha proper.
Despite the fierceness of the
Japanese defense, the marines
obviously are gathering suffi
cient power to cross the river
and take the entire town.
Washington, May 21 (U.R)
War Food Administrator Marvin
Jones today broadened the gov
ernment's support program on
Iiogs by removing the 300-pound
top limit on the weight of hogs
frfr which the price will be guar
anteed. Under the new program. WFA
will support at $13 the price of
all good and choice barrow and
gilt butcher hogs, regardless of
weight, until Sept. 1, 1946. The
broadened program is expected
to give added assurance that the
government will stand back of
farmers In meeting the produc
tion goal of 37,000,000 Pigs this
1,11,
Mansfield, O., May 21 (U.R)
wearing a simple doeskin beige dress and a huge Accolade or
chid, became Mrs. Humphrey Bogart today in a simple wedding
on Louis Bromfield's famous Malabar farm.
Miss Bacall recited the vows,
than usual. Bogart, on his fourth
with precision. Slightly nervous,
the ceremony.
SOLDIERS, 40 0R
OLDER, ELIGIBLE
Washington, May 21. (U.R)
Army .enlisted men aged 40 or
older were made eligible today
for discharge on their own appli
cation.
The war department said the
discharge age cannot be reduced
below 40 "at this time without
jeopardizing military operations
or slowing down the release of
combat veterans who have
earned the right to discharge
under the point system on the
basis of long and arduous serv
ice." "Through the inclusion of a
heavily-weighted factor for par
enthood, the point system pro
vides indirect consideration for
age," it said. "Statistical surveys
have indicated that the average
age of fathers is several years
above the average age for sol
diers without children."
As heretofore, officers over
38 and young officers not physi
cally qualified for combat for
whom no suitable assignments
exist may be discharged.
STALIN ADVISED
BIG 3 MEET. DUE
FOR EARLY JUNE
London. Mav 21. (U.R) The
Evening News said today that
Prime Minister Churchill and
ProctHant Triimnn have tnld
Marshal Stalin that a meeting of
the big three is urgently neces
sary "not later than early next
month."
The dispatch said Stalin so far
has not replied.
The News' diplomatic corre
spondent said "in the view of
London and Washington only
discussions at the highest level
can prevent present problems
I.e. Germany, Austria, Trieste
and Poland from reaching a
positively dangerous stage."
Cot;. Snell Names
Civil Service Body
Salem, Ore., May 21 (U.R)
Gov. Earl Snell today announced
appointment of the three mem
bers of the Slate Civil Service
Commission, author! zed by
House Bill 294 of the recent
legislature.
They are A. C. Cammack,
Portland; Mrs. Effie Turneaure,
Hood River, and J. N. Chambers,
Salem.
The commission is to set up a
merit system or civil service
program for all state employes,
with certain exceptions. The
legislature appropriated $20,000
for the work of the commission
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Hollywood's Lauren Bacall,
htfr voice a little more husky
trip to the altar, spoke softly but
he sipped a few martinis before
WAR BULLETINS
Paris, May 21 (U.R) Fifty
of the 150 nasi spies who in
filtrated American lines dur
ing the Ardennes offensive
last December have been tried
and executed and all but 10
of the others were shot and
killed while trying to escape
capture, allied headquarters
revealed today.
. London, May 21 (U.R) A
new Ctechoslovak army will
be formed with the help of the
Soviet Union, It was disclosed
today.
Gen. Bohumil Bocek, Czech
chief of staff, said in a state
ment broadcast from Prague
that the new army "will be the
same as the organization,
armament, and training of the
Red army."
Paris, May 21. -4UR) Supreme
headquarters announced today
that allied warships are visiting
certain German ports "in order
to bring home their defeat to the
inhabitants." British ships have
arrived at Kiel and Wei helms
haven, the announcement said.
It said American warships also
were involved, but did not speci
fy their location.
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Washington, May 21. (U.R)
The federal communications
commission today proposed to
increase the number of standard
broadcast stations by giving
them use of the 540-550 kilo
cycle frequencies. The standard
broadcast band now runs from
550 to 1600 kilocycles.
This was the highlight of the
commission's proposed alloca
tion of frequencies below 25,000
kilocycles for non - government
radio services.
No decision has been made as
to how many new stations the
540-550 band will accommodate
or whether it will be used by
local, regional or clear-channel
stations.
The 540 kilocycle channel is
now being used by the govern
ment, it was pointed out and it
is not known how soon it can be
available to broadcasters.
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The Spanish committee for na
tional liberation said today It
had been authorized by French
Foreign Minister Georges Bi
dault to install itself officially
In France and set up headquar
ters there.
Speaking for the committee,
Alvaro De Albornez told a press
conference that It hoped to be
able to convoke a meeting of the
pre-civil war Spanish cortes
(legislative body) in France fOOD,
U tint country permit,
'BEFOREiEADERS
President Truman Personal
ly Awards Sgt. Jake W.
Lindsey at Ceremony.
Washington, May 21. U.R)
President Truman today person
ally presented the medal of hon
or to T-Sgt. Jake W. Lindsey in
a ceremony of tribute before
congress to the growing list of
heroes who have served their
country "beyond the call of
duty.
The 24-year-old soldier from
Lucedale, Miss., was the 223rd
serviceman and 100th infantry
man in this war to be awarded
the nation's highest military
honor.
He was the first, however, to
receive it directly from the
president in the presence of both
houses of congress and the coun
try's highest military and civil
leaders.
Mr. Truman, seeing in the
ceremony a symbol of the na
tion's power and courage, noted
that "it finds us striking devas
tating blows in the Pacific"
where "we are' preparing to
strike them later in overwhelm
ing force."
Lindsey was accompanied to
the chamber, where the cabinet
and a host of foreign diplomats
were gathered, by Gen. George
C. Marshall, army chief-of-staff.
Marshall solemnly read the
citation: It briefly summarized
the bloody action in which
Lindsey, though wounded, killed
20 Germans, wounded many
more, secured the capture of
three, knocked out two machine
guns and captured two more,
and forced the withdrawal of
two enemy tanks.
The citation read, Lindsey
stood before the president, who
placed around his neck the rib
bon bearing the medal. 1
STATES CAN DENY
Washington, May 21. (U.R)
The supreme court held today
that the other 47 states can re
fuse to recognize Nevada di
vorces obtained by their citizens
after only temporary residence
in Nevada.
It affirmed the conviction of
two North Carolina residents on
charges of bigamous cohabita
tion, brought after they got
Nevada divorces, were married
there and returned to North
Carolina to live.
North Carolina had contended
that their six weeks' residence
in Nevada was a fraud perpe
trated solely i for the purpose of
divorce and had refused to ac
cept the Nevada court's finding
that they were legal residents of
the western state.
CENSORSHIP FOR
Oslo, May 21 (U.R) Reports
that Norwegian government offi
cials were trying to establish a
censorship on news of Vidkun
Quisling, the Jailed former nazi
puppet ruler of Norway, were
denied today by Tor Gjesdal, di
rector of the Norwegian Infor
mation Service.
The reports circulated after
correspondents were refused per
mission to interview Quisling in
Moellergaicn prison. Gjesdal
said Norwegian law forbids in
terview with prisoners.
J. A. Perry Estate
Bequeathed Widow
The will of the late J. A.
Perry, pioneer orchardist and
banker of this district, who
passed away March 5 in Med
ford, was filed for probate in the
office of the county clerk this
morning. Perry's entire estate,
with personal and real property
valued at approximately $16,000,
was left to his widow, Ella F.
Perry.
Perry's two children, Frances,
Flinn and Allan F. Perry, were
named executors of the estate
and George Frey. Richard Payne
and Ralph E. Sweeney were
Jjiamed apprjusc;-, - - -
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Then Mak ial.
By Jack Fleischer
United Press Correspondent
Obersalzberg, Germany, May
21. (U.R) Adolf Hitler added to
the world's classis collection of
famous last words when he said,
"Americans don't know how or
why they fight."
That was just before the start
of the Ardennes offensive
which he obviously knew was
his last hope was stopped by
the Americans. '
Another gem he uttered at the
time was, "once we get behind
their backs the Americans will
run like scared rabbits."
Gerhardt Herrgeselle, one of
Hitler's official strnographer s,
revealed today that the fuehrer
personally addressed his army
commanders and officers at his
headquarters near Bad Nauheim
before the Ardennes offensive
and the later attack in Alsace
Lorraine.
The fact that he held three
such meetings and the way he
spoke showed Hitler knew the
offensives were his last chance
to regain the initiative and save
Germany.
Hitler addressed two meetings
before the Ardennes offensive,
on December 11th and 12th, and
one on December 28th before the
New Years' eve kickoff in the
Hagenau sector north of Stras
bourg. Herrgeselle said Hitler star
tled the officers in his first
speech by saying he had started
the war, and then after he
noticed their reaction saying
he had not started the war. The
stenographer did not have notes
for all the entire meeting, but
he was sure Hitler's speech be
gan like this:
"Only rarely In centuries is a
leader like myself given to the
German people and state, who
unites in himself so much power
and faith that he can begin such
a war."
Hitler referred to the Ameri
cans as "silly boys", who could
not stand a sudden crisis. Herr
geselle said when he delivered
the line about the Americans
running like rabbits, Hitler him
self laughed and clapped his
hands like a little boy.
VALIDITY LOCAL
Salem, Ore., May 21. (U.R)
Marion county Circuit Judge
George Duncan today upheld the
validity of House Bill 403, the
"local budget bill" of the recent
legislature, in the form in which
it was signed by the governor.
The complaint should be dis
missed, he said.
A suit was filed here last week
to enjoin the secretary of state
from including the bill In the
session laws. The Oregon Busi
ness and Tax Research Inc., of
Portland, claimed that a confer
ence committee report, adopted
by both house and senate, was
not enrolled in the bill, making
it invalid as not being in the
form the legislature intended.
The -suit will now go to the
state supreme court, according
to F. H. Young, manager of the
tax group which brought the
complaint.
KING LEOPOLD ILL
London, May 21 (U.R) Radio
Brussels auoted
from the Belgian premier's of
fice yesterday that King Leopold
III, who was liberated in south
ern Gcrmanv. suffered nn unit.
heart attack last week and was
unable to be moved.
"FIERY CROSS" BURNS
Trenton, N. J., May 21 (U.R)
Harry Llobcrman, member of
the Hamilton tnumsMn cnmmlt.
tec, said today that police would
investigate tne burning of a
cross nn thn . H f ..m. p
federal housing project for Ne-
B Ul'3.
CEN. 8ULTAN RULES
Calcutta, May 21. U.PJ The
India-Burma supply service com
mand has been placed under Lt
Gen. Daniel L. Sultan, comman
der of U. S. forces in the theater.
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LUCKY STRIKE Torpedoed by U. S. Navy submarine while en'
route to another Jap prison after 29 months in Luzon camp, these
Yanks evaded captors and swam ashore where guerrillas cared for
them. Here Sgt. Onnie Illsworth Clem of Dallas, Tex., lights cigarct
for Set. Verle Dwight Cutter of Denver, Colo., as they talk about
narrow escan ,
IS
TAKEN; REDS ASK
DOENITZ' ARREST
London, May 21. (U.R) At
least four more accused war
criminals, one of them the self
styled original "Lord Haw Haw"
were held by the allies today. .
A fifth, Maj. Mario Carita,
chief of the Italian SS, waslain
by American fifth army troops
in a mountain hideout in north
ern Italy. His 29-year-old mis
tress was wounded in the brief
gun battle.
In Moscow, the Soviet press
called on the western allies to
arrest and try Immediately mem
bers of the Doenitz government
and the German general staff.
Any further delay may lead to
real chaos in Europe and per
haps a : third world war, -.the
Soviets said. ,
European dispatches said the
latest batch of accused war crim
inals rounded up by the allies
were:
Norman Baillie-Stewart for
mer . British officer who had
been working for the German
propaganda ministry and foreign
office for five years. He said he
had made the original "Lord
Haw Haw" broadcasts from Ger
many. He was captured by
American troops in an Alpine
village in Austria.
Fernand de Brinon former
Vichyite ambassador to Paris.
He was captured by allied troops
in Germany and was returned to
Paris to face trial.
Dr. Bernard Menctrel for
mer personal physician and col
laborator with Marshal Henri
Philippe Petuin. He was cap
tured with de Brinon and also
was returned to Paris for trial.
Ha Amin El Husscini exiled
grand mufti of Jerusalem, want
ed for anti-Jewish activities, lie
and his secretary were arrested
in Germany and will be handed
over to British authorities.
New York, May 21 (U.R)
Heroes lined the battle-charred
flight deck of the aircraft car
rier (Big Ben) Franklin today
and saw medals and stars passed
out in the largest mass award In
naval history.
Decorations were given 97 of
the surviving officers and men
who brought their ship back 12,
000 miles to port after 1,100 of
their thipmHlcs had fallen dead
or wounded in baltlo off the
coast of Japan March 19. .
Visitors were taken aboard for
the ceremony but repair, work
continued without interruption,
even while Vice-Admiral Aubrey
W. Fitch, deputy chief of naval
operations (air) read Big Ben's
citation, And only a few hours
before the ceremony the New
York navy yard appealed for 4,
000 more workers to help speed
up tho repair work that will
send Big Ben back for revenge
against the Japanese.
RUN-AWAY YOUTH IS
HELD IN PORTLAND
Portland Juvenile authorities
are holding a 14-year-old Mod
ford boy. who ran away from his
South Oakdale home Monday,
according to city police. Meclford
police notified the boy's parents
and they are going for the lad,
tsuoruiug to iu report, .-- .4
ELLSWORTH SAYS
Washington, May 21 (U.R)
Rep. Harris Ellsworth, R., Ore.,
proposed today that cabinet of
ficers be represented In congress
by "deputy secretaries" who
would sit as bona fide members
of the House of Representatives.
He marie his suggestion to the
House - Senate Committee on
streamlining Congress.
Ellsworth said deputy secre
taries would not be "Just outsid
ers sitting in." They would have
regular seats, make speeches,
take part In debate, and answer
questions of elected congress
men. Quick approval of the Idea
came from Rep. Mike Monroney,
D., Okla., who said Ellsworth
had put his finger "on a way to
bridge the Impassable gulf be
tween Capitol Hill and the de
partments downtown."
"We've got to find some way
to provide a day-to-day guidepost
for the departments, Monroney
said. "Now, the only way a con
gressman can show he dislikes
something a department has
done is to stand In the well of
the House and lob a verbal
blockbuster."
And such blockbusters, he
added, "are destructive" and Im
pair public confidence.
NIPS REITERATE
NO PEACE IVES
Bv United Press
Japan reiterated its denial of
peace feelers today and mobil.
ized 20.000.000 students for the
defense of the homeland.
Sadao Iguchi, spokesman for
the Japanese Board of Informa
tion, was quoted by the Tokyo
radio as saying that Japan "at
no time, at no place and through
no channel whatsoever has ever
proposed peace to the United
States and Britain."
"Such propaganda was appar
ently designed to undermine the
Japanese morale, and there Is
no reason to elaborate that Jap
an's policy In East Asia will not
change for any reason," Iguchi
said at a press conference,
Stanford Co-Ed And
1 Lt. Holmes Engaged
San Francisco, May 21 (Spe
cial) The engagement of Ann
Ashley, popular Stanford Uni
versity co-ed, and Lt. David
Hughes Holmes of the army air
forces, was announced at mid
night Saturday at a dance at the
Alpha Phi sorority at Stanford.
Miss Ashley is the daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. Rea Ashley of
San Francisco, and Lieutenant
Holmes is the son oi Mrs. Kin
ney Holmes of San Francisco,
and Mr. David Holmes of Med
ford, Oregon. Captain Ashley,
well known San Francisco phy
sician is now stationed with the
Navy Medical corps at Marc
Island.
Lieutenant Holmes was a
member of Phi Delta Thcta fra
ternity at the University of Ore
gon and his sister, Nanette, a
Kappa at the University of Ore
gon. Flying from Phoenix, Arizona
to be present for the surprise an
nouncement. Lieutenant Holmes
arrived in San Francisco Satur
day. New York, May 21 (U.R) j
Cotton futures opened un- j
changed, -J.
Plea To Adjourn Politics
Until Japs Are Beaten.
London, May 21. (U.R) The
labor party ' decided today to
break away from the coalition
government and force a British
election, despite an urgent plea
by Prime Minister Churchill to
put off politics until Japan is
defeated.
Meeting at Blackpool, the
labor party rejected Churchill's
proposal to continue the coali
tion government and offered to
go to the polls any time. Tho
step meant the death in a short
time possibly next month of
the government Churchill form
ed five years ago to guide Bri
tain to victory in Europe.
In a last-minute maneuver
Churchill suggested that an un
precedented national referen
dum be held on whether the 10-year-old
parliament should con
tinue in office.
Deputy Prime Minister Clement
R. Attlee and Home Secretary
Herbert Morrison, in a press con
ference at Blackpool, said the
party believed the election
should be delayed until autumn,
but was ready for it in July
the earliest possible time.
The convention, including
1,100 delegates repres e n t i n g
3,000,000 members, was only
two votes short of unanimity in
balloting against staying with
Churchill's conservative major
ity In a combined government
until the war in the east is over.'
Churchill made his proposition
in a letter to labor party mem
bers. He acknowledged the need
for expression of the nation's
will to vote but urged that for
reasons above party lines tha'
coalition government stay lq
office. '. - v - . - - -
Attlee and Morrison pointed
out that the end of the Japanese
war was indefinite. They said
the labor party would support
the war against Japan regardless
but that differences on domestic
economic and social problems
should be resolved by election
before they became matters ot
internal dissension in the coali-..
tion.
TICKLISH BIG 5
VETO POWER EYED
TALKS
San Francisco, May 21 (U.R)
The delicate Regional Issue ap
parently solved, the United
States delegation to the United
Nations conference today tack
led the growing controversy be
tween big and little nations over
the veto power of the Big Five
in the proposed World Security
Council.
. The delegation as are those
of the other sponsoring nations
Is committed to support the
Yalta voting formula. But there
is a difference of Interpretation
of that complicated formula be
tween the United States and
Great Britain. The U. S. delega
tion Is trying to straighten It out.
The dally delegation meeting
was devoted to that sub I net.
Then the Conference Committee
on voting procedure met and dis
cussed it further. The contro;
versy centers in that committee
with the little powers demand
ing that the Big Five give up
their veto over arrangements for
peaceful settlements and retain
it only on decisions dealing with
enforcement action.
The little powers have the
votes to force this change.
Whether they will use them
against the will of the big na
tions remains to be seen after
this week's debate.
COAL STRIKE ENDS
Wllkes-Barro. Pa., May 21
(U.R) Pennsylvania's. 70.000 an
trachlte miners began returning
to the pits today, ending a 19-day
strike which cost an estimated
3,400,000 tons of hard coal.
Seventh War Loan Drive
"E" S ales to Date .... $165,612
Quota 11.067.000
Total Sales to Date
$468,771
Quota $2,087,000